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P. A; SMITH, Jr. BUTTON SETTING INSTRUMENT.

Patented July 3, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-SETTING INSTRUMENT.

LPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,405, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed March 526, 1583. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. SMITH, J11, a citizen of the United States, residing at Provi deuce, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Attaching Instruments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventipn, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to instruments for attaching buttons to leather or fabrics; and it consists of a hand-implement provided with two jaws jointed together and terminating in arms or handles, one of said jaws being made elastic or yielding and adapted to retain a button, the other jaw of the implement being pro vided with a plate or table which is grooved and recessed, thereby adapting it to retain the fabric and fastener in positionduring the operation of attaching the button.

My invention further consists in combining with said implement a supplemental lever or connection, which is adapted to pass or force the fastener through the fabric and buttoneye during the operation of contracting the handles.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. represents a side view or elevation of my improved button-setting instrument complete, with a portion of the lower jaw in section, and also showing in dotted lines two positions assumed by the handle while holding the button and inserting the fastener. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same cut transversely'through the joint, and showing the supplemental lever which inserts the fasteners. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the lower jaw on line 00 a" of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end View of the upper spring-jaw, showing method of holding the button. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on line 10 w of Fig. 1, and showing the device for actuating the supplemental lever.

The following is a detailed description of the several parts {constituting my improved but ton-attaching instrument.

A and B represent, respectively, the upper and lower jaws of the instrument, jointed at i, the jaw A being provided with the spring-ere tension E, which is adapted to retain the button s in position by means of springs The lower jaw, B, is provided with a table, B,.extending rearward, as shown in Fig. 2. Said table is adapted to crimp and retain the fabric in position by means of thelongitudinal groove 7).

f represents a shallow channel or groox e formed at right angles with the groove Z), and adapted to retain and guide the fastener f.

At a of the jaw A is formed a cam-lug, which engages with the end 0 of the supplemental lever (3, said lever being pivoted at 0, the opposite end of said lever being adapted to press or rest against the fastener f, as shown in Fig. 2.

I will now explain the manner of operating my improt ed implement when used for securing buttons to leather or fabrics. The jaws of the instrument assumed to be in their normal position, 1, Fig. 1, I place a button, 8, (with its eye parallel with the groove 12,) in the spring-jaw E of thejaw A, and between the springs 2', as shown, after which the fabric h is placed in position upon the table 13, when the handles of the implement are compressed until the jaw A assumes the dotted position 2, Fig. 1, which motion causes the button-eye. to be depressed into the fabric 71, the latter also at the same time being pressed or forced into the groove 1) of said table, (see Fig. 3,) when the lever c and cam a assume the position represented in Fig. 5. Previous to this, however, a fastener, f, has been placed in the channel f. (See Fig. 1.) I now further compress the handles until the jaw A assumes the position 3, (shown dotted in Fig. 1,) which latter .movcment forces the end 0 of the lever 0 against the cam a, thereby pressing or shooting the fastener through the fabric and button-eye, as shown in Fig. 3, said lever also assuming the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the spring-j aw E at the same time yielding sufficiently, as shown. The button is now securely attachedto the fabric, when by releasing the pressure upon the handles the latter, together with the lever C, resume their normal position by means of the springs 7tand p, and allow the button to be withdrawn from the holder 1 thus completing the operation.

The jaw, or table B thereof, and end 0 of lever may be adapted to different forms of fasteners.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an instrument for attaching buttons to leather or fabrics, the spring-jaw E, adapted to receive and retain a button, in combination with the handles A and B, the latter provided with the table B, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In an instrument for attaching buttons to fabrics, the supplemental lever G, in combination with the spring-jaw E, table B, and handles A B, said lever 0 being adapted to insert a fastener, and actuated by the cam-lug 15 during the compression of the said handles, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Ihaye affi xed my si gnature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN A. SMITH, ilk.

\Vitnesses:

Geo. W. PRENTICIJ, Gno. A. MUMFo'RD. 

